A Inter Press Service Nov. 14 report on Nigeria-based militant groups being designated terrorist organizations by the U.S. government quotes Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences. Follow Kendhammer on Twitter. “Boko Haram and Ansaru are widely believed to be […]

Curiosity is essential for an artist, for a writer, says Professor Dinty W. Moore, whose book the Accidental Buddhist was the result of his curiosity about Buddhism in America. Moore teaches “Creative Nonfiction” at Ohio University. The “creative” part of that equation involves not just curiosity, but also discovery. The […]

Dr. Katarzyna Marciniak, Professor of English and Co-Editor of Global Cinema, in early November 2013 was part of an invited group of 50 international scholars who were asked to act as expert panelists and research evaluators for Mid Sweden University in Sweden. Marciniak chaired the panel responsible for evaluating the […]

Dr. Daniel Phillips, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, is giving an invited talk at the International Symposium on Nuclear Physics in Mumbai, India, from Dec. 2-6. “In this talk, I will discuss recent work our group has undertaken to treat one- and two-neutron halos in effective field theory (EFT). We […]

Dr. Jieli Li, Professor of Sociology, is the new editor-in-chief of the journal American Review of China Studies, which is now partially sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences. The journal is official journal of Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the United States (founded in 1995) […]

Ohio University researchers are taking a closer look at a well-established acid-mine drainage treatment method. It’s not enough just to change the chemical pH in the stream, they write. It’s “an unspoken goal” also to restore the biology—the fish and aquatic life—in the watershed. And that may mean “sacrificing” a […]